The future of private markets

The Women in Private Markets Summit is the leading fundraising and networking event for women in the world of alternatives. Connect with 700+ accomplished professionals from 50+ countries, creating a diverse network that transcends borders.

This year’s summit will once again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Private Debt Forums, register now to unlock connections across four influential platforms and magnify your impact across various asset classes.

Network with top-tier experts in the private markets community, absorb cutting-edge insights, and craft strategies that include diverse sectors. Dive into insightful panel discussions, forge alliances, and extract actionable takeaways from a variety of industries.

2023 highlights:


2024 key themes:

  • The future of London as a Global Financial Centre
  • Diversity dialogue: the role of senior leaders in driving systemic change
  • State of the union: investor sentiment in the current environment
  • Tips for success: elevating your fundraising to prosper in a challenging environment
  • Unlocking potential: how democratisation can transform private markets
  • The increased importance of value creation in the current environment
  • Secondaries in focus: how the market continues to evolve and grow
  • Investor perspectives on allocating to private market strategies

 

Download last year’s agenda

What can you expect at the Summit?

Hear from industry leaders

Explore how industry leaders are driving diversity in their organisations and partnerships. Gain insider knowledge on shifting investor allocations, emerging asset class trends, the thriving secondaries market, and more. By attending the summit, you will gain a competitive edge, stay updated on pivotal industry changes and build lasting connections with visionaries.

Build your cross-asset class network

Connect with an exclusive audience of industry professionals across private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate. Engage in immersive workshops, connect at networking breaks, and partake in exclusive roundtable discussions to share best practices. Elevate your network through an evening drinks reception and private breakfasts to build valuable connections and foster lasting bonds.

Meet institutional investors

Hear from leading investors eager to expand their private market footprint and leverage our extensive global investor community. Past attendees include AIMCo, Asian Development Bank, AustralianSuper, AZR, Border to Coast, British Business Bank, EBRD, MN, NZ Super Fund, OMERS Infrastructure, Pension Insurance Corp, PSP Investments, Railpen, Temasek, USS and many more.

Past attending investors include:

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2023 speakers included

Testimonials from attendees

British Business Bank

Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager

This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…

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Aquila Capital

Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor

As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…

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Brown Brothers Harriman

Ainun Ayub, Product Head

I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…

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Our leading advisory board in 2023 included:

Gila Cohen

Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Vanbarton Group

Benoît Durteste

Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer, ICG

Patricia Rodrigues Jenner

Member of Boards LGAS/AER plc and Investment Committees , GLIL Infrastructure/AIIM

Claire Madden

Founder and Managing Partner, Connection Capital

Laurie Mahon

Former Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Teia Merring

Senior Investment Director, USS

Tricia Ward

Head of Private Markets, Redington

Deborah Zurkow

Global Head of Investments, Allianz Global Investors

The Women in Private Markets Summit will take place on 4-5 December.

For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould.

charles.g@pei.group | +44 (0) 203 879 3893

Build your network across private markets

Join 700+ attendees this December and connect with institutional investors, fund managers, as well as the wider private markets community for two days of networking, insight sharing, and collaboration. This year’s summit will once again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt Forums. Attendees will have access to all four forums.

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The in-person networking experience

Cross-asset class network

Learn from and meet with practitioners from across private markets with an agenda covering all the topics impacting alternatives. Networking breaks take place together and delegates can move freely between individual forums.

Build valuable connections

The agenda is curated to enhance networking opportunities with small group discussions. There will be interactive working groups, breakfast think tanks, roundtable discussions, cocktail receptions and a seated networking lunch.

Meet global investors

Attendees in 2023 included over 100 investors from Japan Post Bank, GIC, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, Pension Protection Fund, Allstate Investment, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits Fund and many more.

Previous attendees included

Actis
AllianzGI
Allstate Investments
Alte Leipziger Hallesche Versicherung 
Apollo Global Management
Apollo Management International
AustralianSuper
Aztec Group
B Capital Partners
BDT & Company International
BlackRock
Blue Owl Capital
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership 
CPPIB
Catalyst Fund
CBRE Global Investors
CDC Group
Cebile Capital
Curzon
Desjardins Pension Group
EBRD
Equiem
Europa Capital
European Investment Fund
Fuel Venture Capital
Gatewood Capital Partners
Generate Capital Inc
GIC Private Markets
GLIL Infrastructure
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
JLL Hotels & Hospitality
KKR
Level 20
Lexington Partners
Local Pensions Partnership
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Massmutual
MEAG
Mercer Alternatives
MetLife Investments
Pension Protection Fund
PGGM Infrastructure Fund 
Polar Structure
Précis Capital Partners
Prologis
Prudential Staff Pension Fund
PSP Investments
RNIB Royal National Institute for the Blind
Siris Capital Partners
StepStone Group
Sunsuper
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
USS Investment Management
Vanderbilt University
Whitehelm Capital
Wimmer Family Office

Testimonials from attendees

British Business Bank

Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager

This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…

Read full testimonial

Aquila Capital

Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor

As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…

Read full testimonial

Brown Brothers Harriman

Ainun Ayub, Product Head

I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…

Read full testimonial

2024 speakers will be announced soon

For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Charles Gould.

charles.g@pei.group | +44 (0) 203 879 3893

2023 speakers included

Isabel Berger

Partner, Gibson Dunn

James Brocklebank

Managing Partner, Advent International

Alice Brogi

Partner, Gibson Dunn

Gwenola Chambon

CEO and Managing Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Nathalie Chollet

Head of Circular Economy & Industrial Resilience | Equity Investments, European Investment Fund

Aoifinn Devitt

Chief Investment Officer, London LGPS

Sabrina Fox

CEO, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)

Irina Frolova-Vernède

Professional Non-Executive Director and Chair, Independent

Valérie Handal

Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Anne Koeman-Sharapova

Head of Europe Real Estate Investment, Mercer, Mercer

Mirja Lehmler-Brown

Partner, Hayfin

Daria Litvinova

Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Laurie Mahon

Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Markets

Amy Mahon

Partner, Global Co-Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Simpson Thacher

Catherine McGuinness CBE CC

Past Chair, City of London’s Policy & Resources Committee

Teia Merring

Senior Investment Director, USS

Patricia Rodrigues Jenner

Member of Infrastructure Investment Committees, UK GLIL & Africa’s AIIM

Katya Romashkan

Aware Super Portfolio Manager - Infrastructure, Aware Super

Jan Rutherford

Partner, Scottish Equity Partners

Rhonda Ryan

Partner, Head of European Private Equity, Mercer

Sponsorship opportunities

Don’t miss the opportunity to:

  • Elevate your company’s profile within global private markets and become synonymous with placing diversity and inclusion at the forefront of your strategy to achieve strong commercial performance.
  • Strategically raise your brands visibility amongst competitors as a thought leader, pioneering the diversity and inclusion agenda forward.
  • Showcase women in leadership roles within your business and be recognised as a global thought leader and driver for diversity and inclusion.

For more information on available sponsorship opportunities please contact Chris Wagland at chris.w@pei.group or call +44 (0) 0207 566 5475

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2023 Sponsors included:

Institutional Investors at the Women in Private Markets Summit 2024

Women in Private Markets Summit is the largest meeting place for institutional and private investors, and other members across alternative asset classes. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect with over 170+ institutional investors from across private markets.

Discover the latest investment opportunities in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real estate and hear how your peers are addressing the latest challenges in the market.

What to expect at the summit?

Network with your peers

Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.

Gain expert insights

Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.

Explore opportunities

Discover remarkable investment opportunities in emerging sectors including Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt, and Infrastructure.

Meet with the best and brightest funds

Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with the biggest influencers in alternative asset classes.

Connect with active investors

AIMCo
Allianz Capital Partners
Australian Super
BCI
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
British Business Bank
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
CDC Group
CPPIB
DAO Family
Desjardins Pension Group
EBRD
European Investment Fund
Fluid Ice
Greater Manchester Pension Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
Lalia Capital
Legal & General
Local Pensions Partnership
Marcena Capital
MassMutual
MEAG
NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits fund
Orix Life Insurance Corporation
Oxford University Endowment Management
Pension Insurance Corporation
Pension Protection Fund
PSP Investments
Redington
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Signal Iduna Asset Management
Stable Asset Management
Sunsuper
UNIQA Capital Markets
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
USS Investment Management
Vanderbilt University
Wafra
Wimmer Family Office
Wisayah Global Investment

Apply for a complimentary institutional investor pass

A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.

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Pre-Event Resources

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2023 Agenda

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Investor Brochure

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Past attendees